Corporate Partnerships
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Paul Laird
Corporate Partnerships Manager - Extn: 844
Paul joined Earthwatch in November 2005 and works with Earthwatch's corporate partners in the agriculture and forestry sectors. As Corporate Partnerships Manager he coordinates programmes with British American Tobacco and Syngenta in particular. As part of Earthwatch's focus on sustainable resource management, these programmes raise awareness of the impacts of agriculture and forestry on biodiversity and develop capacity and skills to address those impacts. Paul has visited Earthwatch's project Restoring Vietnam's Forests, the ‘biodiversity and farming' projects at Upton Farm and Bordeaux which are supported by Syngenta, and British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership activities in Africa, Asia and South America.
Previously he worked for Sheffield Wildlife Trust, Living Earth Foundation, SOS Sahel and the Forestry Commission. Paul is a forester with an MSc in Environmental Management. He has over 20 years' experience of managing forestry, agriculture and rural development projects in Africa (mainly Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia and Cameroon). He has a particular interest in exploring ways in which biodiversity conservation can contribute to sustainable livelihoods for rural communities.
Kay O'Regan
Corporate Partnerships Manager- Extn: 853
After a 20-year career in the UK water industry, Kay joined Earthwatch in January 2006 to lead our partnership work with the mining and extractive sector. Building on a broad scientific background and a degree in Environmental Science with Water Engineering, she has expertise in integrating effective environmental management into core business practice and actively engaging hearts and minds. In developing these skills Kay completed an MSc in Quality Management at Cranfield University and is a lead auditor for both the ISO 9001 and ISO14001 standards.
She has a great interest in sustainable development and in reconciling the needs of communities and the environment. In a voluntary capacity, she acted as a bridge between the private sector and a water and sanitation NGO for more than 10 years. She is convinced that collaborative partnerships can be catalysts for positive change and completed the Cambridge Programme for Industry Postgraduate Certificate in Cross Sector Partnership in 2004.
Kay has been a public speaker for more than 15 years and is always passionate and entertaining. Her recent highlights include speaking on 'Valuing Biodiversity' at the 2006 EU Environmental Conference, Green Week in Brussels, on 'Environmental Management' at Oxford University Centre for Continuing Education, and on 'Cross-Sector Partnerships' at the Cambridge University Programme for Industry. She is also a keen chef (and gourmand) and tries to work off the calories through enthusiastic, if not yet totally proficient, belly dancing.
Anna Lyons
Corporate Partnerships Officer - Extn: 283
Anna started at Earthwatch as an intern for the Research team in October 2007 having recently completed an MSc in Environmental Change and Management at Oxford University. However, since January 2008 she has joined Paul Laird in representing Earthwatch in the British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership. Working closely with Fauna and Flora International, Tropical Biology Association and BAT, the Partnership's key aim is to embed biodiversity into business operations. Anna has already had the opportunity to visit tobacco farms and reforestation projects in Brazil whilst partaking in the Partnership's annual biodiversity workshop.
Prior to Earthwatch, Anna's keen interest in understanding the issues surrounding livelihoods, sustainable natural resource use and conservation has allowed her to work in some unique places. She conducted research on non-timber forest product use by local communities in Indonesian Borneo for her BSc in Development Studies (with Natural Resources) at the University of East Anglia. Returning to live and work in the peat swamp forests of Borneo as a project assistant with the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project. During her MSc she conducted research on sustainable development initiatives in Uganda. She has also pursued voluntary conservation work both in the UK and overseas. Her role at Earthwatch allows her to keep these interests alive.